DIRECTOR SUBMISSION FORM

Please complete these fields to submit yourself for consideration for this sonnet.
Teams of more than one person may apply.
Please choose one person to be the team representive and include additional names in the Qualifications section.
You will be notified within 10 days if you have been accepted.

CREATIVE PARAMETERS FOR THE SONNET PROJECT:

New York Shakespeare Exchange will assign the sonnet location, the actor, and a text coach.

The "starring roles" in each video are Shakespeare's language, the specific NYC location, and the director's interpretation.

Director is responsible for equipment needs.

Director requests for basic actor type (e.g., gender, age-range, etc.) will be taken into consideration when possible. Requests to work with a specific actor will be taken on a case-by-case basis.

All secondary or extras casting are the reponisibility of the film maker.

The NYSX text coach will work with each actor on interpreting the language, and will be present "on set" to assist with rhetorical technique and clarity of Shakespearean thought. The text coach will also be available to the director for any textual analysis questions.

Video length must be 4 minutes or less.

Submitted footage must be fully edited and in an "audience ready" form. NY Shakespeare Exchange will provide logos and specifications for titles and credits.

The delivery format is 1920x1080, progressive scan, 23.98FPS.

Two versions of the finished film are required: 1) YouTube ready; 2) full quality.

Video must be delivered within two weeks of the shoot date. Scheduling exceptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Enter your Initials to signify agreement with these parameters

Name FirstLast

Email

Phone
-
(###)
-
#######

Web Site

If you have a website you would like us to review, please provide the URL here

Camera brand and model I intend to use

Video editing software I will use

Qualifications and links (you must include at least one link to work you have directed). Please also include information about your collaborators and any pertinent detail about your vision of the piece.

If accepted to participate in The Sonnet Project, a formal contract will be executed between you and NY Shakespeare Exchange. To view the contract, click here.

Sonnet 126

O thou, my lovely boy, who in thy power Dost hold Time's fickle glass, his sickle, hour; Who hast by waning grown, and therein showest Thy lovers withering, as thy sweet self growest. If Nature, sovereign mistress over wrack, As thou goest onwards
still will pluck thee back, She keeps thee to this purpose, that her skill May time disgrace and wretched minutes kill. Yet fear her, O thou minion of her pleasure! She may detain, but not still keep, her treasure: Her audit (though delayed) answered must be, And
her quietus is to render thee.